Wayne Aguiar, Author at The Ring Finders

Stamford Rings: Miracle recovery in the sand, August 2025

  • from Old Saybrook (Connecticut, United States)
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Susan and her son were spending a nice day at the beach and she took off her rings for safekeeping and placed them in her shirt pocket. Later in the day when leaving she went to put them ion while heading out and noticed her pockets were empty. She turned around and went right back to the beach which started a series of events. Her and her son started sifting the sand with a fishnet and her husband arrived and stayed until closing searching with a small detector.

They decided that outside help was needed and looked up @theringfinders.com and got my name. I cam the next morning and began my search in an area we had marked off. After gridding the area for a short time, I expanded the search a bit further and got my first solid hit and a platinum wedding band emerged from the sand and ringed with diamonds. Not the task was to find the second ring. After an extensive search in the immediate area there was no engagement ring to be found. We relived the previous day’s activities, simulating sitting in the beach chair and removing her shirt to see how a simulated ring would fall out.

I’ve now gone back three times and during the last attempt had the assistance of another detectorist and possible future ring finder and still the ring is not to be found. It’s very possible that it had been picked up. The couple purchased a detector and giving them a few tips they will continue the search. During the last search, she found a ladybug sitting on a shell and gave it to me for good luck. When I first met her, I had given her a St Anthony medal and in hopes that prayer and divine intervention would again help recover both rings. It was a miracle we found one and the other may require another miracle.

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Jennings Beach CT Channel 12 New York / CT Good people out there. A Ring finder reunites Fairfield man with wedding band lost in LI Sound July 2025

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I was contacted by Marissa Alter because after helping Lou recover his lost wedding ring form the water at Jennings beach, he sent some photographs to the channel 12 news and they followed up with an interview to give people faith that there is hope and to have faith in humanity, there are people that care about others and prayers can be answered.

 

Good people out there.’ Ring finder reunites Fairfield man with wedding band lost in LI Sound

‘Good people out there.’ Ring finder reunites Fairfield man with wedding band lost in LI Sound

 

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WTNH Channel 10 Rhode Island Two buddies return 100’s of lost jewelry July 2025

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Samm Read an award-winning reporter for WTNH Channel 10 in RI spent an afternoon interviewing and filming my friend and fellow ring finder Gary Bonin for a news piece about how we have become friends and work together to help return lost items to people throughout New England on land and in the water.

Sam Read NBC10 – Two friends have helped over 100 people… | Facebook

WTNH Channel 10 Two friends return lost jewelry

 

 

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New Haven CT Channel 8 news meeting CT’s own Treasure Hunter August 2025

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I was asked to be interviewed by Ann Nyberg a celebrated and award-winning anchorperson for Channel 8 news in CT. We discussed my start in detecting 37 years ago, my membership in three CT clubs Nutmeg Treasure Hunters, Yankee Territory Coin shooters, and Southern New England Relic Hunters and most recently my membership in the @theringfinders,com organization. Ann asked my favorite find over the years and there’s been so many that it was hard to choose just one. But I chose a very meaningful one for me that was about a young boy losing his heirloom Grandfathers ring in the ocean and giving up hope until his mother contacted me and after three tries of narrowing the location where he had been playing catch in the ocean and using his hand drawn treasure map , I was able to locate the ring. His mother cooked a meal for our club, and we awarded the ring back that night and she honored me with a beautiful St Anthony medal.

 

 

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Branford Point Beach CT Platinum diamond ring returned from the ocean August 2025

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Vanessa and Jacob had been visiting a neighborhood beach and while playing pass with a football she noticed her platinum diamond ring had slipped off her finger. They started searching in the water to no avail. They went out and bought a metal detector and came back in the evening to look for it. After finding just a hair clip they did a search for ring finders. My name came up and they gave me a quick call to inquire about my services.

During the conversation she mentioned that her husband had been a former student. That’s a small world!

I came right away at 9:00 am since they had tickets to a basketball game and needed to leave the area by noon.

They had placed a rock at the suggestion of a kind lady on the beach as a marker to where they had noticed the ring was missing. The entire area was about a thirty-yard stretch of beach and knee to waist deep water. I gridded the area very thoroughly and could not get a solid target. They needed to leave and were still hopeful because I told them that I was committed to finding this ring and for them to pray. They very concerned that it might now be lost.

Since I know in excitement of the moment judging distances can be difficult and rings are seldom found where you expect them to turn up.  I widened the search area and since the tide had gone pretty far out started detecting the wet sand. A solid platinum level signal echoed in my headphones, and I exclaimed to everyone in ear shot that I had found the ring we had been looking for during the last 3 hours.

After a quick call to catch them before they left for the game they excitedly came back to the beach and were absolutely astonished that the ring was only a few feet from the placement of the lucky rock. They decided they also wanted to keep the rock as a memory of the day. The special lady on the beach saved the rock to give to them. we plan to get together again to reenact the moment and share the excitement of the recovery for their family and friends.

 

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Misquamicut CT Platinum and gold heirloom wedding ring out of the surf July 2025

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John started the day having fun at Misquamicut and body surfing in the large waves that are pretty typical of this location. He suddenly felt the gold and platinum wedding ring slip off his finger and into the surf as he was washed forward with the wave. At that point he considered it to be a hopeless and lost cause. But some friends encouraged by my recent finds that had been posted on Facebook contacted me with the details of where he was in the surf at the time and gave me a pretty good place to start.

After a short gridding pattern and an adjustment for the tide and reported location that his friend had shared with me, the next solid signal resulted in his gold ring in the scoop. I went over to everyone on the beach to tell them the good news.

I then facetimed his wife who could not believe it and, in her amazement, expressed the joy that her prayers were answered. I teased John by sending him a picture of the ring and astounded he asked how his ring was now out of the surf and in my hands. He admitted he had given up all hope. I could feel the joy over the phone and his renewed faith in the prayers that his wife and others had shared.

A miracle in the surf praise prayer and glory to God to grant their wishes. When I met him at Dunkin donuts to give back his ring, he treated me to breakfast and honored me with a wonderful rosary from Assisi and a beautiful ceramic Saint Anthony medal. I also gave him two Saint Anthony medals for his wife and for their friend that had given me some really good directions and a lead as to where to start in the surf.

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Fairfield CT after a July 4th backyard relay race the recovery of a Gold Ring July 2025

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Claire and her friend were enjoying a fourth of July party in a friends back yard. During a relay race Claire felt the ring slip from her fingers and fly somewhere into the grassy area. She  and her friends searched the area on their hands and knees  for hours and could not find the ring. Claire by chance saw the news broadcast about my helping people recover lost jewelry in Fairfield and asked if I could take a look. I arrived and found out there was one potentially major problem. The yard had an electric fence and the interference it caused made me reduce my sensitivity significantly. I asked Claire to reenact the event as best as she could remember to put me close tot he area. After balancing the frequency in my detector I got my first gold tone signal. Putting the pin pointer to the ground clearly told me we had a good target just below the surface. Putting my fingers into the soil under the grass a gold ring popped out of the grass and into my hand. I showed her what I had just found and she stared in disbelief that I was able to get it, especially after they had spent hours searching for it. we did a reenactment on video for her friends and family to see the moment she was surprised , that video was fun to make and capture the essence of what it feels like to return a sentimental item

I also learned better how to deal with the electric fences so if this happens again I would be ready. I did not see the two dogs until after the hunt was over but I’m glad I had returned to the car when they came out to protect their property.

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Westport CT Back yard platinum Cartier wedding ring found in record making time July 2025

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For Jeff and his family a normal routine of placing his ring on a table and then going into the pool resulted in the ring being tossed into the yard. Jeff had placed his ring in his hat on the table and accidently put the cap on his head and the ring sailed out into the grassy , flower bed area surrounding his hot tub and deck. After spending a week on their hands and knees and even buying an Amazon detector they had no success, then Jeff heard about me from a news broadcast and gave me a call to investigate. After sending me a few pictures and a video tape of his yard  had a possible idea of what could have happened. I wanted to search the bushes and grassy area next to the flower bed. I surveyed the area and started detecting avoiding the electrical wires in the garden and deciding to search the area immediately adjacent to the garden and grass. I had a great signal just below the grass layer and after inserting my finger under the grass the ring came out on the tip of my finger, it was approximately 2 minutes after I had started searching. I showed him my finger and he explained I was a magician and where was it. My best guess is that his family had probably stepped on it and pushed it further into the grass so it could not be seen. The inexpensive metal detector and lack of experience did not help. He immediately texted his kids and called his wife downstairs to see the miraculous recovery that happened in my personal record breaking time. They were stunned and in disbelief that they had not found it.  I admit that I had been lucky to choose the right area and first logical choice and know my detector and the signals matching a platinum ring. It could have been a long search if the lawn mower had caught it and tossed it into the woods or if it had been taken out in the mulched grass clippings. A good day for all and two hours on the road to then start another search nearby.

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Westerly CT Gold Nugget ring returned from the ocean at Misquamicut Beach July 2025

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A day on summer vacation for Rachel and Arthur a couple visiting from New Hampshire turned into chaos after he lost his special ring playing football with his nephew in the surf at Misquamicut beach. Arthur had earlier removed his ring so not to lose it during his football throwing activities with his nephew. But just before leaving , he put the ring back on his hand and made a few more passes. As accidents happen after one pass it ended up with the ring flying off his finger. Rachel had posted on social media and then heard about my recent recovery’s in the area from others on social media and contacted me to help. It was late in the day and getting dark. I asked my friend Gary Bonin a ring finder in Westerly to take a quick look before dark. He did not have good luck  because he could not isolate the optimal location to search in the dark. I responded the next morning at 6am and after asking Rachel several questions during a facetime, we narrowed down the location down to where the ring might have flown off his finger. After gridding the area I had a great signal that was  about 8 inches down and on the waters edge. Miraculously it turned out to be this amazing gold nugget ring. It was a sentimental gift from his mother when he graduated high school. The good news was their summer vacation ended up on a positive note and restored faith in humanity that prayer and people will help you. Rachel shared to importance of prayer with their children and I gave them a St Anthony medal to remember this vacation and the miracle that took place.

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Fairfield CT , News report follow up Wedding band recovered from the ocean in LIS

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Follow up: Lou’s ring turned into a news broadcast on Channel 12 CT news

‘Good people out there.’ Ring finder reunites Fairfield man with wedding band lost in LI Sound

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